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District Photo Album
St. John's City Area

St. John's
1893

"The Church of England College"
One of the oldest schools in Canada

The three adults are: on the left Dr. Lloyd, centre Prof.
Blackhall and on the right Riley[?] Polly[?] Barnes[?].

This photo was taken in 1893 by
professional James Vey, possibly the first photo ever taken
of the masters and most of the 116 boys registered. The school at that time was
named
"The Church of England College". Constructed in 1861, it was located on Colonial St.
The name was changed to "Bishop
Feild College"
in 1894. In 1928, it was
replaced by a new building on the same site,
but
facing Bond St. This
1928 school is still in use, but
but now is coed & K to 6 only, and
is known as Bishop Feild Elementary.
The original school was
founded in 1844 by
Bishop Edward Feild (the 2nd
Anglican
Bishop of Newfoundland), and was
was
located on
Forest Rd.

If anyone can identify other people in this photo, please contact us.

Contributed by Geoff Martin 2006 09
Additional information provided curtesy
of the
Archive of the Anglican Cathedral of St. John the Bapist